Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-23
DAILY HERALD.
PORT BALLONA.
The Great Excursion there
Yesterday.
A VERY ENJOYABLE DAY.
A Great Crowd of Guests Visit
the New Haibor Being Created
there.
PORT BALLONA.
A VERY ENJOYABLE DAY.

a solid train OF six passenger cars
baggage, ETC., Yesterday, at eleven
O'Clock a. NJ, pulled out of the Cali,
fornia Central yard at tie foot Of
First street. en- route to Port Ballona,
to inspect this new line and the port
being dug out Of the old = Ballona
Slough, !" SO well known to the MIN
rods of Los Angeles for half a century
past. The car, were filed with a
party of specially invited guests TO the
number of abult 800. Something like
100 others male their way to the OBJ
jective point in carriages. The fol-
lowing very partial list will serve to
establish the TACT that a large number
of the most substantial men in the city
were OF the PARTY:
Judge Waiter Van Dyke, Hervey
Lindley, Judge J. l. Reddick, Col. II.
II. Bovce, w. T. Lambie, r.. G.
Guirado, 4. A. Mcdonald, ID. NJ.
johnson, Joe. Bayer, Gen. e. Bouton
c. f. French, Santa Ana; Louis
Phillips, J. Velsir, Andrew Jaughin,
Sr.. w. A. Caldwell, p. NJ. Green
J. +. Clarke, Pasadena; J.D. Bethune,
o. w. Childs, Harry Mcdowell. of
the San Francisco Examiner ;
f. T. Brown, f. B. Cushman, &. w.
Fullerton, DR.. +. A. Clarke, Hon. H.
r. Hazard, II. u. Osborne, Express,
Chas. N. Stimson, +. f. Kubel, Er-
aminer, A. d. Smith, do, DR.. Ross,
j. l.. Truslow, L. +. Scott, NJ. I. Whit
tier, K. X. Haines, II. j. Stevenson,
J. G. Dotter, II. J. Fleishman, Fred.
T. Griffith, w. M. Short, Capt.
Geo. j. Clarke, Edward Records, 7. j..
Weldon, j. +. S. Bell, j. II. Simpson,
A. Vignolo, L. Mesmer, J. Mutually,
NJ. L. Wicks, II. l.. Mcneil, j. Dow
ney Harvey, w. II. Tuthill, S. NJ.
Perry, w. X. Hasson, Chas. Smith,
C. w. Mortimer, A. c. Day, Robt.
Boswell, d. NJ. McGarry, John Ken
ealy, DR.. Sinsabaugh, 7. }. Depuy, G.
J. Fox, James Smith, Pasadena: H,
J. Woollacott, ii. q. Billings, Com
modore James Campbell, VIM.
Thorpe, Fred Dohs. Plez James, Ana
helm; c. H. Watts, II. 7, Payne,
Tribune. J. w. Maddrill, do;
Gen. J. NJ. Johnston, J. Smith,
j. Loew, Conrad Jacoby, c. c. Cook
A. j. Newton, Ct. f. Dickson, G. c.
Davis, c. II. Connell, J. w. Hughes,
II. Hitler, L. Loeb, M. Kremer, S. o.
Brown, VIM. Lacy, A. II, Haas, j. Nj.
Davis, C. Seligman, of NJ. A. New
mark & Co., Eugene Gemain, Ed. Ge-
main, A. NJ. Lawrenee, Henry Baer,
Oscar Baer, L. j. Mathews, Col. A. +.
Wagstaff, A. p. Rees, J. J. Schallert,
L. Mesmer, Judge Louis Gottschalk.
S. B. Lewis, Geo. l.. Stearns, Richard
Dillon, p. McAnneny, j. Wildeson, T.
f. Young, j. w. Adams, NJ. S.
Rowell, Conductor J. f. Mcneil, 5.
d. Northcutt, Mrs. Northcutt, w. S.
Moore, S. w. Luitwieler, Jerry Long,
Eugene E. Maxwell, f. P. Ferguson
j. c. Newton, Jas. X. Wollcott, Min
neapolis; r. B. Hunter, st. Paul
Peter Taylor, w. r. Stephenson.
On the ground were found Mr.. d.
Freeman and many others. Even a
newspaper reporter falls just short OF
omniscience, Il failing which will
plead in his behalf for not procuring
the names of all present.
TIE BOOM TowNsTEs.
The road is II 2-10 miles in length,
and leaving the city of Los Angeles
the following new towns, or rather
townsites, are passed through Ballona
Junction, Nadeau Park, Baldwin,
Slauson, Wildeson, Hyde Park, En-
glewood, Danville. Mesmer, Port Ballo-
ma. To those who are familiar with
the riches and beauty OF the section
traversed any word painting is un-
necessary. To those who have
not seen it, no word painting
Englewood and Danville are on Mr..
ID. Freeman's princely estates, and
lovely sites they are from any point
of view.
AT THE HARBoR.
Arriving at the harbor all hands
dispersed to inspect the big dredger,
the entrance to the harbor, the ham,
mers driving the piles for the works,
the great basin being rapidly excavated
for the harbor, and the docks now
unuer cOllStTuCllOil lol Siiipo iho
steamers to lie aud unload.
Meantime Mr.. Freeman, with the
most efficient aid of Mr.. John Roster,
had spread most delicious luncheon
right by the beach under a big shed
or pavilion. The menu to which the
throng did the most ample justice was
as follows:
s-:.... fl ;o,,o, Uakad Ham
Boned Turkey, la Centinela,
Stuffed olives,
Medoc st. Julien, Due de MOntebello,
in Magnums.
This done in the very best of style
and to the acme of satisfaction so fal
as the joyous crowd was interested
THE FOLLOWING SPEECHES
Were made as suitable to the occasion
w. s. Moore opened the ball in one OF
his happy speeches, which was full OF
congratulation to the enterprising
citizens who made Port Ballona possi-
BILE.
Loud calls were made for Commo-
dore James Campbell, President OF
the Ballona Improvement Company
VINO re1ldTkcu llldb DC WOO @iluiU tiiS
people were disposed to give too much
credit to him, while, in reality, ii
belonged to the whole company
which had spent its money, and
energetically pressed it forward. He
was satisfied in the full future success
of the harbor, and that it would dc
inculculable benefit to Southern Cali
fOrnia.
He was obliged to all for coming here.
We have not come here to make
speeches, but to inaugurate a railroad.
Ii YOU come out with me al few months
later will show you many ships ly ne
at its docks. l am aware of the i'm.
portance of the work undertaken, and
that the first men who inaugurate a
scheme rarely enjoy its fruits. The
day is coming when the entire United
States navy can float in this harbor.
1t was not quite year ago when we
organized this scheme, on August
3Ofh. We were told then that we